In this Rising Tide Foundation lecture which develops upon the content of my recent essay ‘The Jewish-Christian-Muslim Alliance and China’s Silk Road’ published earlier this week on Substack, I introduce the story of the little known Turkic kingdom of Khazaria which converted to Judaism in the mid 8th century and which served as a keystone of the Tang Dynasty’s Silk Road revival as well as intermediary between the beautiful ecumenical alliance of the Abbasid Dynasty’s great Caliph Haroun al Rashid and the Carolingian Dynasty’s leader Charlemagne.
"The Hidden History of the Incredibly Evil Khazarian Mafia"
by Preston James and Mike Harris
"100-800 AD – an incredibly Evil Society Emerges in Khazaria:
Khazarians develop into a nation ruled by an evil king, who had ancient Babylonian black arts, occult oligarchs serving as his court. During this time, Khazarians became known to surrounding countries as thieves, murderers, road bandits, and for assuming the identities of those travelers they murdered as a normal occupational practice and way of life.
800 AD – The Ultimatum is delivered by Russia and other surrounding nations:
The leaders of the surrounding nations, especially Russia, have had so many years of complaints by their citizens that, as a group, they deliver an ultimatum to the Khazarian king. They send a communique to the Khazarian king that he must choose one of the three Abrahamic religions for his people, make it his official state religion and require all Khazarian citizens to practice it, and socialize all Khazarian children to practice that faith.
The Khazarian king was given a choice between Islam, Christianity, and Judaism. The Khazarian king chose Judaism and promised to stay within the requirements laid out by the surrounding confederacy of nations led by the Russian czar. Despite his agreement and promise, the Khazarian king and his inner circle of oligarchs kept practicing ancient Babylonian black magic, also known as Secret Satanism. This Secret Satanism involved occult ceremonies featuring..."
Dude... get higher standards. That article is one giant array of broad general un-cited assertions bearing no effort to prove anything. I'm really fed up with this baby la la, office-gossip make believe passing itself off as actual research.
Thank you for sharing this presentation openly. I have a couple of clarification questions I'd like to ask.
Firstly, what is the source of portrait of king Bulan used in this presentation? This very image is actually often referred to as the image of Volodymyr the Great, ruler of Kievan Rus, as it was used in hryvna's banknote in 1992:
So I wonder what is the source claiming that this image shows king Bulan instead.
From this video, I got a general impression that you tend to believe that Khazaria was a place of tolerance and perhaps even ecumenism and humanism. If so much of history of Khazaria has been lost, is there any actual evidence that demonstrates that? In this presentation, the only thing that sounded certain to me is participation of Khazaria in trade routes of Silk Road, which on its own doesn't necessarily imply anything about the worldview and internal affairs of Khazaria.
For the portrait: Thank you. I had found it on a website, and it appears to have been misattributed. So much has been scrubbed that it is difficult to find alot of smoking guns. For the approach to piecing together historical anomalies like Kazharia and the intercivilizational principle of win win cooperation which has been at the heart of world history (balancing difference with sameness as a geopolitical doctrine of natural law and its enemies), there has to be a multiparameter approach coming at ideas from multiple modalities at the same time in a form of triangulation (or in Leibnizian terminology it involves using a form of Analysis Situ- Geometry of position). One of the researchers that really started revving my engine on this issue of Charlemagne and Khazaria was Pierre Beaudry who made his work on the topic freely available here, which features much of the info I presented in my lecture and more. Start with that: https://www.amatterofmind.us/history-2/history-book-i/
Robert Rob: You are obviously going through some traumatic personal experience right now so I won't take your remarks personally. Regarding Paul Craig Roberts' remarks on Russia, I highly advise you review his post from March 22 on Why the West Hates Putin to get a fuller idea of Paul's understanding of real politik in Russia: https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2022/03/22/why-the-west-hates-putin/
Very informative presentation, especially regarding the possible practical choice of religion regarding trade. Love the maps. As with any great research and presentation curiosity rises and with it so do questions. Thanks for the frame of reference in mentioning Shakespeare's "The Merchant of Venice." Thank you.
One question that you did not even touch: How Khazaria turned jewish and was it really jewish?
Mike Harris and Preston James did answer this question in a way that many special people will not like very much:
https://www.veteranstoday.com/2022/03/10/the-hidden-history-of-the-incredibly-evil-khazarian-mafia/
"The Hidden History of the Incredibly Evil Khazarian Mafia"
by Preston James and Mike Harris
"100-800 AD – an incredibly Evil Society Emerges in Khazaria:
Khazarians develop into a nation ruled by an evil king, who had ancient Babylonian black arts, occult oligarchs serving as his court. During this time, Khazarians became known to surrounding countries as thieves, murderers, road bandits, and for assuming the identities of those travelers they murdered as a normal occupational practice and way of life.
800 AD – The Ultimatum is delivered by Russia and other surrounding nations:
The leaders of the surrounding nations, especially Russia, have had so many years of complaints by their citizens that, as a group, they deliver an ultimatum to the Khazarian king. They send a communique to the Khazarian king that he must choose one of the three Abrahamic religions for his people, make it his official state religion and require all Khazarian citizens to practice it, and socialize all Khazarian children to practice that faith.
The Khazarian king was given a choice between Islam, Christianity, and Judaism. The Khazarian king chose Judaism and promised to stay within the requirements laid out by the surrounding confederacy of nations led by the Russian czar. Despite his agreement and promise, the Khazarian king and his inner circle of oligarchs kept practicing ancient Babylonian black magic, also known as Secret Satanism. This Secret Satanism involved occult ceremonies featuring..."
Dude... get higher standards. That article is one giant array of broad general un-cited assertions bearing no effort to prove anything. I'm really fed up with this baby la la, office-gossip make believe passing itself off as actual research.
Hello,
Thank you for sharing this presentation openly. I have a couple of clarification questions I'd like to ask.
Firstly, what is the source of portrait of king Bulan used in this presentation? This very image is actually often referred to as the image of Volodymyr the Great, ruler of Kievan Rus, as it was used in hryvna's banknote in 1992:
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3c/1Hryvna-1992%281996%29-donatedoy_f.jpg
This image was drawn by Ukrainian artist:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasyl_Lopata
So I wonder what is the source claiming that this image shows king Bulan instead.
From this video, I got a general impression that you tend to believe that Khazaria was a place of tolerance and perhaps even ecumenism and humanism. If so much of history of Khazaria has been lost, is there any actual evidence that demonstrates that? In this presentation, the only thing that sounded certain to me is participation of Khazaria in trade routes of Silk Road, which on its own doesn't necessarily imply anything about the worldview and internal affairs of Khazaria.
Thanks.
For the portrait: Thank you. I had found it on a website, and it appears to have been misattributed. So much has been scrubbed that it is difficult to find alot of smoking guns. For the approach to piecing together historical anomalies like Kazharia and the intercivilizational principle of win win cooperation which has been at the heart of world history (balancing difference with sameness as a geopolitical doctrine of natural law and its enemies), there has to be a multiparameter approach coming at ideas from multiple modalities at the same time in a form of triangulation (or in Leibnizian terminology it involves using a form of Analysis Situ- Geometry of position). One of the researchers that really started revving my engine on this issue of Charlemagne and Khazaria was Pierre Beaudry who made his work on the topic freely available here, which features much of the info I presented in my lecture and more. Start with that: https://www.amatterofmind.us/history-2/history-book-i/
Thanks for an excellent video. History becomes so much more tangible when accompanied by a motivating idea or theme. I created this quick timeline of events described as a visual aid. Looking for a better tool for timeline visualizations. Appreciate any suggestions. http://histropedia.com/timeline/l0qtbkrtjq3/Khazaria-and-the-Forgotten-Ecumenical-Alliance
Dear Matthew,
Where can I find your article on "The forgotten judeo-christian-muslim alliance"?
Thank you
Paul Craig Roberts is so much more aware than morons like you:
https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2022/03/19/it-took-russia-31-years-to-figure-out-she-was-trusting-satan-but-the-knowledge-hasnt-translated-into-action/
I'm so done with fanboys like you and pepe.
Meritocracy my ass.
You're a spoiled bitch. I almost lost my job and same with my friend in Russia.
You sit at home and push bullshit hopium
Worse than Q...
Fucking excuse that asshole
Fuck you and fuck every leader, moron.
I wasn't a fan of seeing it dark but your hope is fucking delusional
Tell that those who died from sputnik etc were fighting for a good cause
You are a piece of shit just like the west.
If it were up to meritocracy, what can you do besides talk bullshit?
Historians like you are also politicians.
https://www.newbraveworld.org/putin-vs-davos/
Gonna add this
Marx was right, intellectuals like you are the poison of the movement.
That's why I can't stand these technocrats running society.
Robert Rob: You are obviously going through some traumatic personal experience right now so I won't take your remarks personally. Regarding Paul Craig Roberts' remarks on Russia, I highly advise you review his post from March 22 on Why the West Hates Putin to get a fuller idea of Paul's understanding of real politik in Russia: https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2022/03/22/why-the-west-hates-putin/
It doesn't address the horrors of being put through this covid mess.
I give the same point to people who think Florida is "free"... There too, a friend lost her job months ago.
None of this is right to do... Any leader who allowed this is corrupt.
Paul Craig Roberts also said that Russia has been making mistakes taking so long etc. I think it was by design. And they continue to do stupid things.
https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2022/03/19/it-took-russia-31-years-to-figure-out-she-was-trusting-satan-but-the-knowledge-hasnt-translated-into-action/
Anyway I'm just sick of these chess games being played, as if people's lives are just pieces.
Very informative presentation, especially regarding the possible practical choice of religion regarding trade. Love the maps. As with any great research and presentation curiosity rises and with it so do questions. Thanks for the frame of reference in mentioning Shakespeare's "The Merchant of Venice." Thank you.